Divide Unit Fractions Story Problems

Nolan has 1/2 a pan of brownies that he wants to give to his 3 friends to share. How many pans of brownies will each friend get?

• 1/2

• 1/6

• 6

• 2

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

• There were 1/3 cups of trail mix left. The trail mix needed to feed 7 kids

• There were 7 cups of trail mix. Each cup will be divided into 1/3 cup to feed the kids.

• There were 3 cups of trail mix left. The trail mix needed to feed 7 kids

• There were 7 cups of trail mix. 1/3 of the 7 cups was given to the kids

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Kevin divides 3 pieces of paper into fourths. How many fourths does he have?

What expression would match the story problem?

• ¹/₄ ÷ 3

• 3 ÷ ¹/₄

• ¹/₄ x 3

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Which problem does this model represents?

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

• 8

• 4/3

• 2

• 15

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

Isaiah wants to run 4 miles.  The track surrounding the field where he plays football is 1/5 mile long.  What equation could be used to find the number of laps, L, which Isaiah will need to run?

• 1/5 ÷ 4 = L

• 1/5 × 4 = L

• 4 × 1/5 = L

• 4 ÷ 1/5 = L

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B

• 10/3
• 2  2/3
• 2/15
• 15/2

Shae divided 1/2 of a gallon of ketchup equally into 4 smaller bottles to put on the tables in her hamburger restaurant. How much ketchup did she put in each bottle?

• 1/4 gallon

• 8 gallons

• 1/8 gallon

• 1/16 gallon

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7A

Coach Peters has 12 gallons of water to fill buckets for field day.  If each bucket needs ⅓ of a gallon to fill, how many buckets can he fill?

• 3/12 bucket

• 12 and ⅓ buckets

• 36 buckets

• 4 buckets

Tags

CCSS.5.NF.B.7C

CCSS.5.NF.B.7B